Senior Director Analyst - SIEM & SOC Strategy

Overview

Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Senior Principal serves as a leader within Gartner's Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing oneself as a credible voice within their designated market at local, regional and global levels. Utilizing exceptional research and analytical skills, a Senior Principal plays a significant role in producing pragmatic and provocative insights which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives.

They are a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner's value through in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.

The role also involves diving deep into complex datasets to identify problems and develop strategies that help clients solve problems and improve performance. A Senior Principal is a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner's value by engaging clients via virtual meetings and live events to discuss complex client challenges and offer recommendations.

• Create innovative, thought-provoking, and highly leveraged "must-have" insights.
• Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to clients' needs and requests that accelerate client action.
• Develop in-depth analyses to identify root causes of client barriers or needs and reframing thinking to drive strategy forward.
• Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing insights positions across a team of analysts.
• Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda.
• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights.
• Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions.
• Create and deliver high-value presentation materials for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings.
• Support BTI and Sales: provide sales support by serving as the voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and drive engagement with clients to advance critical priorities.
• Provide high-quality content peer review.
• Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy.
• Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate with peers in the Insights community.
• Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that enhance service delivery for the team and BTI.
• Be client-centric, actively helping clients engage with Gartner insights and interactions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience;
  Graduate degree preferred
• 8+ years of relevant field or industry experience
• Subject Expertise:
  • Security Information and Event Management (SIEM): evaluating tools, design of use cases, and RFP assistance
  • Security Operations Center (SOC): building and managing a modern SOC, defining roles, responsibilities, skills, and evaluating in-sourcing vs outsourcing with AI considerations
  • Evaluating, selecting and partnering with MSSPs and MDR providers
• Demonstrate executive presence; able to establish credibility with executives and stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills; able to work under tight deadlines and deliver high-quality output
• Excellence in research and writing; strong written and verbal communication, analytical and presentation skills
• Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; apply patterns and frameworks to client challenges and defend conclusions
• Strong communicator who can explain complex concepts concisely
• Subject matter expert comfortable presenting at large and small-scale engagements
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within the subject area and market dynamics
• Ability to work independently while collaborating across teams in a multicultural global environment
• Learning agility and comfort navigating matrixed environments
• Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies at all levels
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we have grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories.

We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. The bar is unapologetically high; so is the impact you can have here.

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